St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-11
Mary lens, Who Accused Kra-
mer and Scheil Of Rape,
Was a Witness. 's
Statements of Peterson, Pieha
and Kramer as to the i.
Doings in Jail. r.
1t Looks as if the WholehAf-
fair Was to Be White
washed. -

developed stronger evidence OF guilt
than the newspapers have dared to hint
at heretofore, but Judge Cory concluded
that it was not strong enough, and dis
charged Scheil. Kramer was put upon
the stand and testified that
Picha and Scheil had come
down to him together with the
girl that night of the 10Th, and that
Picha had SAID to him then that both
himself and Scheil had had intercourse
with her, and that Kramer might do
likewise. This statement was uncOn-
tradicted by Scheil.
It. was O'clock in the afternoon when
the examination began. The room was
full of lawyers representing one or the
other of the interested parties, and a
pretty young female stenOgrapher who
SAT- close to the witness box to
take notes of the testimony, repressed
a free and proper inquiry into the nasty
details of the case. On Scheil's right
sat his old father and mother, and OIL
his left his counsel, G. Tyson Butcher.
| Directly behind sat Frank 'Picfla, the
deputy sheriff who was in the Jail that
night, but who has
NEVER BEEN ARRESTED,
and still holds his position in the sher-
ifs office. He undoubtedly had some
interests to protect in being there, for
the redoubtable criminal lawyer, Tom
Ryan, sat by with his hand
in his retainer pocket to represent
Picha. On the same side of the table
sat Attorney Aid. w. III. SanbOrn, who
is Sheriff Richter's regularly employed
counsel, and who rendered such good
service to the sheriff when Tim Graham
was shot. Mr.. SanbOrn took volumin-
GUS notes and watched everything with
an eagle eye, but only interfered once,
and that was to check County Attorney
Egan when he forgot himself and began
to examine a witness in the alb
sence of Attorney Butcher. Across
the table sat County Attorney Egan
and Attorney General Clapp, represent
ing the state. with Secretary Hart and
Marshal Campbell. OF the State Board
of Corrections and Charities. Henry
Kramer, the other discharged watch
man, who was to have been tried to-day
for similar OffenSe, sat at the end of
the lawyers table, with his Attorney j.
f. Fitzpatrick. g
The weak-minded victim of the out
RACERS, Mary ZenS, was brought for
ward first and offered as a wit
ness for the prosecution. Attorney
Butcher objected to her evidence
being admitted on the ground that she
was insane and non compuS mentlS.
Judge Cory allowed Mr.. Butcher to test
her powers by questioning her about
her dOings and previous life in st. Paul.
She stood this evaporation firmly and
answered questions freely, giving adj
dresses of people for whom she had
worked and places where she had lived
with apparent correctness. But a con-
slant idiotic litter and wandering look
~ har arac Shovvad that che WAC NOT
strong of mind. At the conclusion of
the test questioning, Judge Cory saidhe
saw no reason why the testimony should
not be admitted, and allowed the exam
ination to proceed. Under County At
torney Egan'S inquiry she told a fairly
reliable story. She pointed out Schiel
and said he was the night Waterman
of the Jail when she was confined there,
and that the second night after her com
mitment he came to her in the corridor
where she was confined and made
IMPROPER PROPOSALS
to her, and she acknowledged that he
had intercourse with her. She said first
that it was down stairs in the jail about
1870 at night, and gave considerable
detail. Then she said it was up stairs,
down stairs. II always called him
jim" she said; Il don't know
whether that was his name or not.
After Scheil left me another man
came to me and repeated what
Scheil had done' Pointing toward
Scheil. ''He is the man." she declared,
getting excited, and when further ques-
toned she said: Il don't care what his
name is; he is the man." This was in
her direct examination, and but very
little effort was made to get her to say
who was the second man who aSSailed
her. She was clearly losing con-
troll of her faculties through eX-
element and anger when At
torney Butcher begun the .cross-ex-
animation. His fire completely deranged
her, and she begun to talk wildly, con,
|. tradicting herself at every turn, and all
the while shaking her fist in the attOr-
ney's face. Turning to Judge Cory, she
remarked ineOherently: Il don't care
if you are judge; L am going to tell
the truth" Finally she denied the
main point of her previous testimony. .
Secretary Hart was called and re-
peated Scheil's story to the board of cor
rectiOns and charities made when the
accusations were first divulged. Scheil
stated to the board that he had taken
the girl out of the upper corridor be-
| cause she was making noise and the
| prisoners could not sleep, and that she
lay down on the cot close beside him.
Scheil had first said that he
was lying down himself. but aft
erward said he was sitting down.
| The girl afterward asked to go down
stairs to get drink of water and he
gave her permission. She went down
Stairs, and afterward he heard Jailer
Peterson's voice saying to Kramer. who
was on the lower floor, ''What are you
doing there?'' Then Peterson came up
stairs with the girl and locked her in
cell. All this time Picha was sitting on
| a chair upstairs. That was ScheifS
story when first confronted by author
ity, and since then he has found Occa-
sion to change it considerably. Prob
ably this was the reason his lawyer re-
fused to put him on the stand in his own
behalf. IL
PETERSoN'S STATEMENT. {"
Jailer Louis Peterson was very re-
served in his statements, and he also
has evidently forgotten a great deal
about the affair that he formerly knew.
The most that could be gotten out. of
him Yesterday was that he went
down stairs to see if the night
Waterman was awake on the
night in question, and looking
through the peek-hole did not see any
thing. Opening the door he saw the
girl sitting on the edge of Kramer'S cot
with her legs hanging off. She was
dressed in black wrapper, and her
clothing was considerably disarranged.
AS he entered the door, Kramer
said to the girl: ..Get out
of here Won He went
up stairs and saw Scheil at the top of
the stairs, and Picha was lying. appar-
emily sound asleep up stairs. The next
morning he talked with Hart.
of the board of corrections and
charities. He would not swear, as he
had said before, that when he accused
both Sehcl and Kramer of having had
intercourse with the girl, neither of
them denied it, although County Attor-
ney Eagan pressed him closely upon
that nOiut